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SUMMARY:Between Dreams and Hope / The Great Yawn of History
DESCRIPTION:Visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive website to learn more 
 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nREGISTER FOR THIS 
 SCREENING\n\nPlease note: Registration does not guarantee does not 
 guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a 
 first come\, first served basis.\n\nPatrons who have registered will need 
 to obtain their free tickets at the box office\, where seating will be 
 assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released 
 to standby patrons.\n\nScreening 1 of 3\n\nSon\n\nYear: 2024\nCountry: 
 Iran\nLanguage: Kurdish with English Subtitles \nRuntime: 15 min. 
 \nDigital. Color. \n\nFarhang Short Film Festival Audience Choice Award 
 winner\n\nIn a village in remote Iranian Kurdistan\, an old mother waits 
 for her son to return from military service. When he doesn’t arrive as 
 expected\, she sets out to find him only to discover a truth about his 
 identity that will change their lives forever.\n\nDCP. 
 Director/Screenwriter: Saman Hosseinpuor. With: Maryam Boubani\, Kurosh 
 Ahmadi\, Kianoosh Farzin.\n\nScreening 2 of 3\n\nBetween Dreams and 
 Hope\n\nYear: 2025\nCountry: Iran\nLanguage: Persian with English 
 Subtitles\nRuntime: 106 min. \nDigital. Color. \n\nA frequent collaborator 
 with filmmaker Ali Asgari\, writer-director Farnoosh Samadi centers the 
 inequity and injustices faced by Iranian women in much of her work. In her 
 second feature behind the camera\, Samadi expands her frame to include Azad 
 (Fereshteh Hosseini)\, a trans man\, longing to start his life with his 
 lover Nora (Sadaf Asgari)\, but who must confront his estranged father 
 before he can. Hosseini and Asgar (another Asgari film regular) deliver 
 deeply affecting performances in a story that is by turns tender and 
 harrowing about the power of love over hate.\n\nDCP. Director/Screenwriter: 
 Farnoosh Samadi. With: Fereshteh Hosseini\, Sadaf Asgari\, Hooman 
 Rahnemoon.\n \n\nScreening 3 of 3\n\nThe Great Yawn of History\n\nYear: 
 2024\nCountry: Iran\nLanguage: Persian with English Subtitles\nRuntime: 93 
 min\nDigital. Color.\n\nPart adventure story\, part mystical allegory\, 
 director Aliyar Rasti’s The Great Yawn of History begins with an 
 eccentric job interview. Beitollah (Mohammad Aghebati) drops dollar bills 
 with his contact information around the city\, then interviews anyone who 
 calls about their belief system. Answering that he believes in nothing\, 
 Shoja (Amirhossein Hosseini) gets the gig: following Beitollah deep into 
 the Iranian desert to find a box of gold coins he saw in a vision. 
 Rasti’s debut feature won the Special Jury Award in the Encounters 
 section of the Berlin International Film Festival for its exploration of 
 faith and greed set against the hardscrabble landscapes of a depopulated 
 rural Iran.\n\nDCP. Director/Screenwriter: Aliyar Rasti. With: Mohammad 
 Aghebati\, Amirhossein Hosseini\, Saber Abar.\n\nJoin Meeting: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iranian-cinema-between-dreams-and-hope-the-great-yawn-of-history-tickets-1987863605556?aff=oddtdtcreator
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Suzy Lee":MAILTO:szlee@library.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Suzy Lee":MAILTO:szlee@library.ucla.edu
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